RumbleHumble
Banned
Calm down gang, no one is questioning a devotion to Alex or Abby. I think there's just some of us who hoped to salvage a day initially devoted to some quality SMS.
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Human Trashcan
Banned
"What happend?"
"Somebody very important to me died."
"Who?"
"The only person in the world who really knew me."
"That's not true."
god damn it I choked up just reading that. I love this show so much it's unreal
Yes it's horrible. You can get them quite easily in game but not only are they consumed upon use, you have to apply them to each armour piece. People will defend it by saying that it allows more granular shader customisation but the single use aspect is silly and a slippery slope for aggressive mtx.
Blitzrules240
Banned
Guys, I just ate a pound of southern Mac n Cheese and now I'm looking at this...
Help...
H E L P.
Help...
H E L P.
RumbleHumble
Banned
DO IT.gif
Glass Shark
Banned
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It is awful
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Didn't know they were reusing bosses as well as ordinary enemy types...
Liquid Shake
Member
Yeah it's very bad.
Yeah the more I hear it the more I hate it. At least the overly serious melodrama could just be ignored
Also this opera lady singing isn't doing it for me
Blitzrules240
Banned
So only Vinny and Abby in the office today?
brainzelda
Member
Man it must be infuriating working with Jeff. Every topic or thread Vinny and Brad try to start is completely shut down by a super negative comment from Jeff.
I had a coworker like that, and people would eventually just leave because they knew anything they said would just get shut down immediately. No fun.
I had a coworker like that, and people would eventually just leave because they knew anything they said would just get shut down immediately. No fun.
petethepanda
Member
The quirky swagger thing they're going for really does feel forced. Like, I guess I'm glad that they're at least trying out a different tone than usual, but this is striking me as more "arbitrarily different" than "better."
I'm still strangely compelled by Bungie's worldbuilding/lore, but I'm losing hope that they'll ever write a good story. (I guess it's unfair to say that at this point, though. We'll see how the entirety of D2 is.)
I'm still strangely compelled by Bungie's worldbuilding/lore, but I'm losing hope that they'll ever write a good story. (I guess it's unfair to say that at this point, though. We'll see how the entirety of D2 is.)
Probably only a handful of tv episodes (or pieces of art in general) that moved me the way that episode did. The finale would be up there too.
Human Trashcan
Banned
Yeah Destiny lore was boring and incoherent but at least not screechingly shrill and obnoxious. This is the biggest overcorrection since Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within
Man that scene with Leonard, some rando, telling his fridge dream story just completely destroys me. The audacity to hang such a pivotal scene on a guest character played by a relative unknown, and it actually WORKS. Show's too good, it's unfair to other shows. Have you seen The Leftovers? I think you might like it. Halt and Catch Fire, in its final season now, is also getting eerily close to Mad Men levels of greatness.
Man that scene with Leonard, some rando, telling his fridge dream story just completely destroys me. The audacity to hang such a pivotal scene on a guest character played by a relative unknown, and it actually WORKS. Show's too good, it's unfair to other shows. Have you seen The Leftovers? I think you might like it. Halt and Catch Fire, in its final season now, is also getting eerily close to Mad Men levels of greatness.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
MassiveNights
Banned
Jeff is sounding very cynical about Destiny 2, I thought he would like it more. I mean he's not wrong, I just expected him to be into it.
Brad is already fighting against it!
Brad is already fighting against it!
Brad's into it.
Jeff thinks it's ok but not as great as Brad (I think).
Abby seems into it.
Ben makes bad jokes.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
I don't know what it says about me that the gun and armor customization excites me more than the gameplay.
Damn I didn't think I'd mind the PC delay as much as I do.
Damn I didn't think I'd mind the PC delay as much as I do.
I read in the OT that people were brought to tears by the damn story, comparing it to TLOU in terms of writing and feels.
But then I see this quicklook. Is it just wildly inconsistent or what?
This is just reaffirming my distaste for nathan fillion. I dont know why video games have the compulsion to turn the smarmy loveable rogue archetype up to 11 as an unbearable affectation
(besides the fact that it's a shitty archetype to begin with)
broncobuster
Banned
Did Telltale announce a Mad Men game or did the topic just happen to come up?
Not that I mind. In fact I'm tempted to rewatch it now.
Not that I mind. In fact I'm tempted to rewatch it now.
Death Metalist
Member
do it and be part of the meme
Brad is so into it and defends it so hard on podcasts that it would put me off playing it if I played with him. Hell, even hearing him on the podcast puts you off wanting to plah it.
Like how the Rick and Morty fandom puts people off the show, the way he tries to shut down most criticism just makes you think you dont want to be a part of it.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I'm desperately trying to come up with a Mac-Knack joke but I'm not funny enough.
petethepanda
Member
The thing that makes the Fillion Snark work in Firefly is the darkness and loss that you occasionally see creeping out beneath it. Things like this forget the depth and just go for the "fun stuff," which can get grating quick
I'm not as far as them, but the game has not been this goofy so far. This female AI seems to be goofy to the max. There was a pretty good scene involving the main antagonist and the guy who can talk to that big ball in the sky or something.
The "emotional" moments are totally undeserved. Only people who've played this game for thousands of hours will feel something.
Death Metalist
Member
lmao at the shader thing
OdysseusVA
Banned
"Destiny without the bullshit"
Yeah no
Yeah no
Sleeping Lesson
Member
I'm glad they discovered the shader stuff. That stuck out to me as shitty.
That vape helmet though...
That vape helmet though...
Backfoggen
Banned
Man, grinding? That's my fave. Purchasing now.
Glass Shark
Banned
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Well if you had a Hawaiian shirt know, you wouldn't wear Hawaiian pants.
Same thing as in D1. They don't want people to be overpowered.
RumbleHumble
Banned
The opening of the game does some real solid stuff with your history playing the game, displaying who you beat each event with, when you beat it, etc. It then follows the "blow up the first real social space" with SPOILERS:
you stranded on earth for days upon days, scouring through the wreckage to find survivors and your ghost while you survive for yourself. Sappy, but effective violins play in the background. What works in the scene isn't the writing, it's the tone
EDIT: That all being said, it's really only so effective because of the experiences the players already put into Destiny. If you're a Destiny newcomer, it'll hit with a big ole' MEH